IFF's Project Panoptic is (almost) here
The launch of the Project is imminent. Read more about the project here.
Privacy
Statement: One year of inaction, delay and evasion on the NSO-Pegasus hack #SaveOurPrivacy
Despite multiple government and parliamentary bodies examining the Pegasus hack, a whole year has passed and we still do not know who was responsible for this egregious violation of the privacy of human rights defenders in the country.
Watch the Watchmen Series Part 5 : The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019
In the fifth part of our “Watch the Watchmen” series, we take a closer look at PDP Bill which is likely to be tabled in next year’s Budget Session.
While India copes with COVID-19, Aadhaar continues its function creep #SaveOurPrivacy
After the Aadhaar Amendment Act 2019 and the Aadhaar Good Governance Rules 2020, there remain virtually no limitations on the use of Aadhaar authentication, which had earlier been restricted by the SC to only government entities and only for receipt of benefits and subsidies.
Read our comments on the DoT's Paper to develop an Indian Artificial Intelligence Stack
Our main recommendation to the committee was to set up an independent supervisory data protection authority to regulate the stack.